Hello there! My name is Malala Yousafzai. I am 16 years old and I was raised in Mingora, Pakistan. I currently live in England. Why did I move countries? Before I answer this question I must give you a little more history about myself. I have my father named, Zuiaddin, he is a poet and school owner. I was born into a Sunni Muslim family. My name means "grief-stricken". I started speaking out about education in 2008. The Taliban shut down girls schools around me starting in 2009. My home town streets were echoed with sounds of artillery fire all around. Girl schools began to reopen quickly starting in February. It was my hope there would be peace. I then participated in a BBC special on my families' life. My family and I were separated from each other because my town was shut down. I lived a boring life, because there were no books to read. My father began to receive death threats by the Taliban for voicing his opinion on education. This began to inspire me. He was so dedicated and passionate. In July 2009 my family was reunited in our town. I then began to speak openly about my opinion on education. I interviewed with many people on television and in papers. I was awarded the National Youth Peace Prize in 2011. The prime minister of my country even named a secondary school after me. The more well known I became the more death threats I had posed against me. On October 9, 2012 on the way home from school on my bus I was shot in the head. The gunman yelled at our bus "Which one of you are Malala? Speak now or I will shoot you all!" After being shot I was care flighted to a military hospital. It was thought that I had a 70% of survival. After a 3 hour surgery they were able to remove the bullet from my shoulder that was near my spinal cord. I came out of a coma on October 17th. My shooting caused many changes and uproars. I believe knowledge is freedom. Here is link to my book that discuses my story more in depth and my activism for women in education.
How I Relate to Educational PsychologyI agree with Vygotsky's theory that human activities take place in cultural settings and that they cannot be understood apart from these settings. Also that a key idea of his was that our specific mental structure and processes can be traced to our interactions with others. (Page 55) Growing up in a country where education was not the main focus is very different than growing up in a country such as America where the push is all for education. I also agree with Vygotsky that cultural development appears in social level and an individual level. A person's culture has so much impact on how they view certain points. Take education for instance, I find education to be high value where as an American girl may find education to be the social norm. I have a passion for education because of my culture where as many students in other cultures take advantage of not having to worry if they will be hurt on their way to school.In chapter 6 of the textbook culture and diversity are discussed. The culture that I live in is one that is very different than the American culture. On page 227 some of the gender differences are talked about. In my country girls are not always allowed to go to school and it is a privilege when we do get to. Gender schemas come into play about how girls in my country think and behave. Research has been found that boys are given more freedom to roam the neighborhoods. Does gender bias exist in all cultures? Or is it just more extreme in some countries than others? http://prezi.com/-r8o7sb0whkv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
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Hello there! My name is Malala Yousafzai. I am 16 years old and I was raised in Mingora, Pakistan. I currently live in England. Why did I move countries? Before I answer this question I must give you a little more history about myself. I have my father named, Zuiaddin, he is a poet and school owner. I was born into a Sunni Muslim family. My name means "grief-stricken". I started speaking out about education in 2008. The Taliban shut down girls schools around me starting in 2009. My home town streets were echoed with sounds of artillery fire all around. Girl schools began to reopen quickly starting in February. It was my hope there would be peace.
I then participated in a BBC special on my families' life. My family and I were separated from each other because my town was shut down. I lived a boring life, because there were no books to read. My father began to receive death threats by the Taliban for voicing his opinion on education. This began to inspire me. He was so dedicated and passionate. In July 2009 my family was reunited in our town. I then began to speak openly about my opinion on education. I interviewed with many people on television and in papers. I was awarded the National Youth Peace Prize in 2011. The prime minister of my country even named a secondary school after me.
The more well known I became the more death threats I had posed against me. On October 9, 2012 on the way home from school on my bus I was shot in the head. The gunman yelled at our bus "Which one of you are Malala? Speak now or I will shoot you all!" After being shot I was care flighted to a military hospital. It was thought that I had a 70% of survival. After a 3 hour surgery they were able to remove the bullet from my shoulder that was near my spinal cord. I came out of a coma on October 17th.
My shooting caused many changes and uproars. I believe knowledge is freedom.
Here is link to my book that discuses my story more in depth and my activism for women in education.
http://www.amazon.com/Am-Malala-Stood-Education-Taliban/dp/0316322407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390316228&sr=8-1&keywords=malala
You can read a small excerpt from my book.
http://animoto.com/play/AAXo0IYXBqAr74n2a9u6og
http://www.malalafund.org
https://www.facebook.com/MalalaFund
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev-jPT5M9cU
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/11/world/asia/pakistan-malala-father-mohsin/
How I Relate to Educational PsychologyI agree with Vygotsky's theory that human activities take place in cultural settings and that they cannot be understood apart from these settings. Also that a key idea of his was that our specific mental structure and processes can be traced to our interactions with others. (Page 55) Growing up in a country where education was not the main focus is very different than growing up in a country such as America where the push is all for education. I also agree with Vygotsky that cultural development appears in social level and an individual level. A person's culture has so much impact on how they view certain points. Take education for instance, I find education to be high value where as an American girl may find education to be the social norm. I have a passion for education because of my culture where as many students in other cultures take advantage of not having to worry if they will be hurt on their way to school.In chapter 6 of the textbook culture and diversity are discussed. The culture that I live in is one that is very different than the American culture. On page 227 some of the gender differences are talked about. In my country girls are not always allowed to go to school and it is a privilege when we do get to. Gender schemas come into play about how girls in my country think and behave. Research has been found that boys are given more freedom to roam the neighborhoods. Does gender bias exist in all cultures? Or is it just more extreme in some countries than others?
http://prezi.com/-r8o7sb0whkv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share